Frasier (TV Series) The Placeholder (2003) User Reviews

The Placeholder

[studioAT · 7/10 · 3 February 2023]

I personally thought that this was a good episode, but it seems like I am in the minority.

With some nice moments and good jokes, this zipped along quite nicely for me, and I thought even though it's not as good as some Series Eleven episodes it's a darn sight better than some of the rubbish 'Frasier' has served up since the golden era ended around the Series eight mark.

It's nice that they're showing a bit more depth to the characters recently, and it's paying off dividends. It also no longer feels like the actors are straining every sinew in order to make sub-par material sing.

Overall, for me, a good episode.

Creeps and Cheats and Thieves

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 5 November 2019]

Frasier, desperate for a date, ends up taking out a really dull woman. Niles and Daphne accuse a housekeeper, unjustly, of being a thief. We have Frasier a day late and a dollar short on a beautiful woman who would have been perfect, but he messes it up. Average episode.

Good but

[twanster-1 · 5/10 · 16 January 2020]

It's funny but at this point in the show we just got fed up of frasiers love life. For a man who's apparently loveable and charming he goes thru woman like nobody else! Often leaving them after sleeping with them. The woman are always beautiful and it just didn't make sense after a while that he could continue to attract beautiful woman. It became a bore over the course of the show, this episode is another one where he basically messes around with more woman.. Its funny still but the gag was overused and eventually killed the show off.

My opinion

[twanster-97655 · 4/10 · 5 June 2020]

Frasier is unhappy that everyone else is happy, dates a woman he doesn't like then fobs her off for a beautiful woman. Niles and Martin carry the episode again.